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Friday Follies 2.35

I don’t know that calling something “the greatest legal document ever filed in Irving (Tex.) Municipal Court” is the greatest praise, by a Texas lawyer’s motion for continuance does have a certain flair. (via)

ATL also notes there’s a lawyer who quit his job to return to Texas for the World Series, fairly pointing out: […]

Friday Follies 2.34

Gotta love them pro se litigants. From a complaint filed in federal court in Oregon: “Plaintiff shall henceforth refer to self as litigant since she is defendant, appellant or plaintiff, depending on which shyster-vermin she is dealing with. Litigant files this response to the order filed by Docket Clerk Brinn and signed by USDC-OR Magistrate […]

Friday Follies 2.33

A Florida man was awarded $650,000 for an injury he sustained when he was hit in the eye by a stripper’s shoe. (via)

A D.C. burger joint has been ordered to stop grilling because the “intense and noxious odor” it creates causes employees of a neighboring business to suffer itchy and watery eyes, nausea and […]

Friday Follies 2.32

Easy way for an attorney to get disbarred: ask your client to get cocaine for you.

Of course, if you actually snort the cocaine in the courthouse while you’re representing a man charged with murder, you get two days in jail and have to perform 240 hours of community service. (In fairness, the Minnesota disciplinary […]

Friday Follies 2.31

Romanian legislators say fear may have been to blame for the defeat of their bill to tax witches and fortune tellers. The bill would also have held fortune tellers liable for wrong predictions. (via)

A Wisconsin woman was arrested for possession of marijuana — after allegedly stealing it from the back of the town […]